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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 12h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 2h

Pretty sure I read a book about this as a schoolboy

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 5h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 2h

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE aka DON'T OPEN THE WINDOW and that's without even going into the non-English titles. Anyway, very different fare from a 1939 movie based on an Edgar Burroughs novel, as this week.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 2h

I applaud the sheer diversity of horror films shown in @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social "Cellar Club" thread. Tonight was a 1939 Bela Lugosi THE DARK EYES OF LONDON, next week is 1974's (takes a deep breath) BREAKFAST AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE aka THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE aka...

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 8h

HARPOONS TO HAPPINESS by Premee Mohamed (2025). Get to it, you've still got time.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 9h

FAO @premeemohamed.com Seamanship Is Magic!

Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 10h

Ahab-Whale friends-to-enemies fan fic to be turned into a bestselling novel in 2025

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Evening House Books @eveninghouse.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you to @leannareneehieber.bsky.social for the INCREDIBLE event and book signing tonight. Leanna is a force of nature, making dark history come alive through a passionate understanding and appreciation of the gothic tradition. Thank you Leanna & thank you to everyone who took part tonight ❤️

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 10h

Seriously, in the entire history of the Nobel Peace Prize, has anyone ever actively lobbied to win it themselves? That is so weird. Mind you, "weird" is perfectly in character.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12h

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12h

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 17h

Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick

A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · Nov 1

In #JapaneseFolklore there are #yokai known as bake icho no sei which are said to be the spirits of ginkgo trees. They appear near the trees wearing tattered robes and hitting a mallet. They have bright yellow skin the same colour as ginkgo leaves in autumn. Other than scaring...
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Yokai illustration by Matthew Meyer depicting a yellow humanoid creature before a bright yellow ginkgo tree.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 13h

It's my birthday this weekend, but I've taken today off so I can have a me day wandering around town when it's not too busy. Just had lunch at the excellent Ramen Monster in Bristol, and a beer made by OWLS, probably.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 13h

they need to be mocked relentlessly for this

oh did your special little guy not get his little prize? did your wittle boy not get his wittle trophy? is pee paw sad he didnt get his trinket? these people are a fucking joke

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 13h

On the left is how the White House reacted to the Nobel Peace Prize announcement.

On the right is what President Trump posted about Maria Corina Machado back in January, just two weeks before nominations closed for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

Steven Cheung * B @StevenCheung47
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President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives.
He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.
The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado and President-elect Gonzalez are peacefully expressing the voices and the WILL of the Venezuelan people with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the regime. The great Venezuelan American community in the United States overwhelmingly support a free Venezuela, and strongly supported me. These freedom fighters should not be harmed, and MUST stay SAFE and ALIVE!
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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 13h

It would be a very cat move.

The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 16h

The Nobel Peace Prize committee is in an awkward situation. Do you award a man who doesn't give a damn about peace, rather enjoys ordering the deaths of people, but may have stopped an appalling war, even if he did it just for the prize and the chance to sneer at a rival by winning it?

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 1d

QUATERMASS (1979): The final adventure for Nigel Kneale's intrepid scientist saw him fighting a mysterious alien force harvesting members of the 'Planet People' youth cult. Here, the aliens come for Isabel, survivor of an earlier harvesting...

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

I thought we had already had the pressganging talk. Conning people aboard is really not that much better than coldcocking likely swabs on the quay.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out that the Nazis were rank amateurs by actually setting fire to the Reichstag when they only needed to say it was on fire.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

This so-called "liner." It wouldn't be called the Pequod, would it? This wouldn't be a vile bugge-fostered plan to press a crew under the impression that they're going on a nice cruise, would it?

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

They found I kept a notebook and now I'm fighting deportation from Argentina.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

I've seen it piecemeal down the years, but this was the first time I've seen it one go. And, yes, the number of people that Gifford influenced with that book is absurd. My copy's somewhere in storage, but I can still remember the photo spreads.

The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

Well, now I have to go and listen to some Frank Zappa.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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DIO @danielirizarri.bsky.social · 1d

I think what's impressive about TRON is that, visually, it's still so much more interesting than any of it's sequels. It's crazy that they tried update this digital world by making it as 'realistically rendered' as possible. It's a complete misunderstanding of the original's charm.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

There's a world out there where Fred Trump suffered a fatal threshing machine accident before he had any kids. I'll plump for that one, thanks.

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